Woods Chapel Road between Northwest Castle Drive and Southwest Walnut Street in Blue Springs will be closed from April 14 to 18.

According to the city, Kansas City Southern will be performing railroad crossing upgrades and repairs at the Woods Chapel Road railroad crossing through that week.

Northbound Woods Chapel Road traffic will be detoured east on to Southwest Walnut Street, north on to 15th Street, west on to South Outer Road to Woods Chapel Road. Southbound Woods Chapel Road traffic will be detoured east on Northwest South Outer Road, south on to Northwest 15th Street and west on to Southwest Walnut Street to Woods Chapel Road.

Message boards will be placed on U.S. 40 for truck traffic to use Missouri 7 or Missouri 291 as an alternate route to Interstate 70.